PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diarmuid Curry (ranked 37 p4p, 2 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 6 p4p, 1 weight class). Curry comes to the cage accompanied by Epic Celtic Music. Tuala has chosen Dock of Fiji as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Peleki Tuala is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Curry
vs
Tuala

195 cm
34
265 lbs
31 - 10 - 0

190 cm
32
267 lbs
21 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diarmuid Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala scores with the left hand. Curry knows he should have avoided that one.
Tuala throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tuala throws a nice outside leg kick.
Curry fakes the leg kick and cracks Tuala in the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuala. Curry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Curry has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A big right from Tuala misses.
Tuala is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tuala lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curry misses with a lunging right hand
and Tuala counters with a straight right hand.
Tuala feints and then cracks Curry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Curry down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Tuala.
Tuala displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curry throws out the jab.
It seemed like Tuala was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tuala misses with a kick to the body
enabling Curry to counter with a crisp jab.
Curry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tuala counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tuala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tuala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Curry scores with a nice body kick.
Curry lands a really nice looking cross but Tuala seems unphased.
Curry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tuala let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Curry moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tuala fails to land.

Tuala breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tuala. Curry does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuala uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Curry has time to react.
Tuala walks into a straight right hand from Curry.
Tuala clobbers Curry with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A swing and a miss from Tuala.
Tuala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Tuala. Beautiful body shot.
Tuala throws a shot to the body.
Tuala fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Curry lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Curry scores with a shot to the body.
Tuala blocks the body kick.
Curry misses with a combination
and Tuala counters with a nice leg kick.
Tuala slips a jab from Curry.
Tuala ducks under a wild hook from Curry.
Tuala looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Curry swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Tuala counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuala swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Curry takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tuala takes a swing at Curry's ribcage but misses.
Curry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tuala connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuala misses with a hook to the body
and Curry counters with a straight right hand.

Curry closes the distance and pushes Tuala back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Tuala - that landed with a thud.
Curry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tualas head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Curry.
Tuala tries a body shot but Curry blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Curry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peleki Tuala dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Curry throws a shot from downtown. Tuala moves away and avoids it.
Tuala misses with a low kick.
Tuala looks to score with a jab to the body but Curry is just out of range.
Curry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tuala manages to circle out of the way.
Tuala throws a body punch but Curry moves out of range.
Tuala is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Peleki Tuala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tuala lands a slapping body shot.
Curry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tuala counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuala throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Curry counter with a right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tuala lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Curry has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Curry and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Curry looks to land a left hand but Tuala moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuala.
Tuala looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tuala walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tuala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curry.
Curry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Curry scores with a jab.
Tuala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tuala looks to land a left hand but Curry moved out of range nicely.
Curry throws a body punch but Tuala moves out of range.
Tuala misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tuala.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuala is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curry.
Curry went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A lazy body kick from Curry
enabling Tuala to counter with a crisp jab.
Curry throws a jab when Tuala was well out of range.
Curry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Curry looks for the body kick but Tuala saw that one coming.
Curry misses with a kick to the body
and Curry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Peleki Tuala has been cut.
Curry shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tuala takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tuala takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tuala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curry. That did some damage!
Tuala misses with a body kick.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tuala.
Curry checks a leg kick nicely.
Tuala cracks a nice hook into Curry's ribs.
Curry looks to throw a body kick
and Tuala counters with an outside leg kick.
Curry misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuala tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Curry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curry.
Tuala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry moves out of range of the body kick.
A head kick misses from Curry.
And Tuala responds with a good body kick, but Curry manages to step out the way in time.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tuala.
Tuala throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peleki Tuala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peleki Tuala's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tuala fails to land with a series of punches.
Tuala takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tuala throws a hook to the side of Curry's head but Curry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curry is looking to counter with a body kick.
Curry misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tuala connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tuala works Curry's body with a nice hook.
Curry walks into a stiff left hand from Tuala.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry moves out of range of the leg kick from Tuala.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Curry just misses with a punch to the body.
Curry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tuala counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tuala was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice body kick from Tuala.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tuala.
Tuala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curry loads up on a big right hand but Tuala slips the punch.
Tuala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tuala - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Curry moves away from the strike by Tuala.
Curry looks for the body kick but Tuala saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tuala.
Tuala fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Curry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Curry cracks a nice hook into Tuala's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tuala throws a good cross that connects.
Curry misses with a left hand

and Tuala counters with a crisp right hand that drops Curry! Tuala lets Curry back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Curry is rocked!
Curry circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Tuala. Curry falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Tuala!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peleki Tuala!
A relieved looking Peleki Tuala thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.